Nearly two years after a 5-week-old baby was discovered dead in his crib, his father admitted to the crime and accepted a plea deal.

On Tuesday, Jarrod Davis pleaded guilty to an amended charge of manslaughter for the Jan. 15, 2013 death of Ja'Vion Davis.

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That morning, Ja'Vion had been discovered by his mother. At the time, paramedics responding to the Radcliff apartment believed the death was a result of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS.

An autopsy later revealed something much more sinister. Little Ja'Vion had several broken ribs and a massive skull fracture. The following day his father, Jarrod Davis was arrested and charged with manslaughter. The charge would later be upgraded to murder.

Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Teresa Logsdon prosecuted the case twice against Davis. But, it was only after two mistrials that she would even consider a plea deal.

She says she told both juries Davis, had been the last one with the baby and that he had spent the night playing video games when for unknown reasons, he lashed out against his son.

"I was content with trying it until we reached some type of resolution, guilty or not guilty we were going to continue to try this case. But for the family's sake we wanted some type of finality," she said.

In October that deal was reached, carrying a nine and a half year sentence. Davis signed off on that deal Tuesday.

"The trials are really devastating but I mean I'm happy with it because he's not going to be free right now. But I don't feel like nine and a half years is enough," Ja'Vion's mother, Charla Farrar admitted.

Davis, her former boyfriend, will be eligible for parole after 23 months. Because of time served, he could be probated as early as next month.

Farrar says she is eager to move forward, but admits it is hard to do.

"I wonder what he would look like now and there's a lot of firsts I'm never going to get -- crawling, talking," she said, adding, "it hurts."

Charla Farrar and Jarrod Davis have another son together. Davis told the court Tuesday he would do everything he could to be a part of the child's life, but Farrar says she will fight to keep custody of their 3-year-old son.